The Voyager Golden Record was compiled by two people in love: the astronomer Carl Sagan, and Ann Druyan, the creative director of the project, who he would later marry. recorded the electrical impulses of her brain and nervous system, her heartb

The unmanned Voyager 1 and 2 probes were launched in 1977 on a mission to visit all the outer planets of the solar system. After 35 years in space, the twin probes are approaching the edge of our solar system.

Mars Global Surveyor: A New Generation of Space Probes

10 Facts About The Giant Planet, Jupiter [Infographic]

In honor of the Juno space probe arriving at Jupiter on July I have put together an infographic containing some facts about the largest planet in our solar system.

Venera 3 was a Venera program space probe that was built and launched by the Soviet Union to explore the surface of Venus. It was launched on 16 Nov 1965 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, USSR. This space probe possibly crashed on Venus on 1 March 1966, possibly making Venera 3 the first space probe to hit the surface of another planet. However, its communications systems had failed before it reached Venus.